Sentences with phrase «small number of nodes»

Same argument applies to the emerging Lightning Network, as, concentrating around a small number of nodes with the largest number of connections with other nodes, transactions might get partially centralized.

However, that «try it yourself» approach may not be sufficient if, say, the network is running on a small number of nodes manually controlled by the development team, with a promise to eventually take off the training wheels.

However, a small number of nodes have the majority of connections.

Not exact matches

Now point out that the LN is still in its infancy and has only a small fraction of the number of nodes that Bitcoin itself has, compared to the bcash scam network.

«Picture a network with a number of small processors at each node made of an atomic nucleus interacting with two or three electrons,» says Lovett.

Vescor, advised by its scientific founders White and Kimmelman, whose research has shown inhibition of autophagy can dramatically impact tumor growth in pre-clinical models, will develop small molecule inhibitors of a number of protein targets at critical nodes of the autophagy cascade, perform investigational new drug (IND) enabling studies, and move these into clinical development.

Broadly speaking, stage 2 cancers may have penetrated the walls of the surrounding muscle tissue and infiltrated a small number of very nearby lymph nodes, but they haven't reached more distant lymph nodes or other areas of the body.

In this test, a veterinarian will insert a needle into an area of concern (an enlarged lymph node, enlarged kidney, thickened region of intestine, or fluid present within the chest) and remove a small number of cells.

It would «take a limited number of terrorists, small amount of explosives, some basic hand tools» to conduct «a coordinated attack along just a few key nodes along that pipeline in the span of just really minutes,» Cooper said in an interview.

Will the incentives of the network result in centralization around a relatively small number of highly connected nodes?

If Bitcoin does fail to scale then the end result will be a smaller number of full nodes but lots of people using the system — this is still better than Bitcoin being deliberately crippled so it never gets popular because even if the number of full nodes collapses down to less than 1000, unknown future advances in technology might make it cheap enough for everyone to run a full node again.»